It’s a standard debate during the NFL draft time of year. Does a team take the Best Player Available (BPA) path or draft for need?

With the Washington defence repeatedly shredded by the run in 2017, the Redskins likely had only minor hesitation in pushing the button for DT Da’Ron Payne at 13. Our Redskins writer Christian Burt goes Skin Deep on Draft Day 1

He’s regarded as the best two way player in basketball but things have not gone according to plan for Kawhi Leonard and the San Antonio Spurs this year. Jason Harris reports on a complicated situation…

The Patriots may have lost Super Bowl LII, but they gained a small victory when offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels decided not to take up the Colts’ offer to become their head coach and remain in Foxborough. But what could have caused such a dramatic – and possibly career-limiting – change of mind?

What a game that was! Super Bowl LII broke all sorts of records and was a thriller from start to finish. And like in all the best tales, the underdogs won. It was an unusual game, too. Here’s our take on a great night for the NFL.

It’s the Thursday before Super Bowl Sunday and we’re already getting excited. So let’s kick back and relax with a look at how the Eagles defense can be beaten.

Super Bowl week is well and truly upon us. The hype is like no other in sport and for those who follow the NFL, this is the greatest show on Earth. It’s a week of shredded nerves if your team happens to be involved in it though…

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Writer on such diverse topics as sport, music, theatre, law and politics. Author of 'Eddie the Sheep'. Supporter of underachieving teams, including the Chicago Bears from before that brief, heady, period in the mid-1980s when they were actually any good. All I want for Christmas is a Jim McMahon away shirt.